Joseph wienhold



(No Model.)

J. WIENHOLD.

Olga Cutter N0. 232,864. patented Oct. 5, i880.

Witnesses.'

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH WIENHOLD, OF STAPLETON,.NEW YORK.

ClGAR-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,864, dated October 5, 1880,.

Application nieu Apriiealsso. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH WIENHOLD, of Stapleton, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Cigar-Gutter, of which the following is a specification.

Figure lis a face view of my improved cigarcutter, showing it entirely open. Fig. 2 is a face view thereof, showin g it partly contracted. Fig. 3 is a central section thereof parallel to the face. Fig. 4c is a vertical cross-section on line c c, and Fig. 5 a horizontal inverted crosssection on line 7c 7c of Fig. l.

rfhis invention relates to a new portable instrument for cutting the ends of cigars preparatory to smoking'.

It consists of a pair of shear-blades pivoted together and to an outer jointed handle-frame, and provided with an opening spring, all as hereinafter more fully described.

The instrument can be made in form of a horseshoe and of a size sufficiently small to be suspended from watch-chains, so that it will rbe conveniently reached by the smoker.

In the drawings, the letter A represents the outer frame of the cigar-cutter, said frame being composed of two wings or handles, c and I), which are united by a pivot, d, and on which pivot they can be vibrated. A concealed in- 11er spring, e, holds the parts c b apart, as in Figs. l and 2, so that their upper ends meet.

The pivot-pin d is preferably united to a hasp, u, which has an eye or a hook, f, for suspending the device from a watch-chain or other object.

The frame A is shown horseshoe-shaped, each wing being hollow to receive the spring e and the pivots g g of the shear-blades h and I',- bnt it may be made of other suitable form.

By the pins g g the two blades h and ii are respectively pivoted to the parts a and b of the frame A. These two blades are also directly united by a pivot, l, as shown. By pressing the two Wings a b together with the ingers the pivots g g are made to approach, and the bla-des h i thereby made to pass by each other to cut off the tip or point of a cigar placed between them. When the outside pressure ceases the spring e at once swings the win gs c b apart and restores all the parts to their normal position, as clearly shown in Figs. l and 2. It will be seen that in said normal position a circular opening, m, is formed between the cutters ht' of a size to receive the point of a cigar.

The drawings are on,an enlarged scale, to more clearly shoW the different parts of the mechanism.

I claiml. The combination of the frame A, consisting of the jointed parts a b, with the blades I, and z', pivots g and Z, and spring c, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the suspension-llasp n and pin d with the jointed frame A and with the pivoted blades l@ and c', for operation sub, stantially as herein shown and described.

JOSEPH WIENHOLD.

Witnesses WILLY G. E. SoIIUL'rz, WILLIAM H. C. SMITH. 

